I wonder just how far this dampening field effect spreads? What would have stopped O'Brien and Sisko just walking five or ten miles and then beaming back up? Or even a hundred miles if necessary - even a trek like that would only take a week or two.

Great Moment :

The scene in which Sisko literally crawls back into the punishment box rather than give up his uniform. This is one of my all time favourite Sisko moments.

Plotline

Sisko and O'Brien are stranded on a planet where no Federation technology will work. Discovering a goup of Humans stranded there ten years before, they pitch in to help - but a battle of wills develops between Sisko and the fanatical colony leader, Alixus.